Ritual circumcision and risk of autism spectrum disorder in 0- to 9-year-old boys: national cohort study in Denmark

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 266-279

  Frisch, Morten ^a,b   Simonsen, Jacob ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

asthma; autism spectrum disorder; circumcision; cohort study; Denmark; hyperkinetic disorder

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTISM; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSLIM; PREPUCE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RITUAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMBOLISM;

CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; DENMARK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84937206907     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: 17581095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0141076814565942     Document Type: Article

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